Vasconcelos' SCM conjecture for height-three homogeneous ideals

Let SS be a polynomial ring and let II be a homogeneous ideal of height 33. Write μ(I)\mu(I) for the minimum number of generators, let g=ht(I)g=\operatorname{ht}(I), and define the deviation of II to be μ(I)g\mu(I)-g. Say that II is generically a complete intersection, that II is Gorenstein, and that the resolution of S/IS/I is pure. Finally, II is strongly Cohen--Macaulay (SCM) when all its Koszul homology modules are Cohen--Macaulay.

Vasconcelos' SCM conjecture. If II has deviation at least 33, is generically a complete intersection, is not Gorenstein, and the resolution of S/IS/I is pure, then II is not SCM.

The text says that numerical computations and cited results support this conjecture and explicitly states that it is still open.

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Maria Vaz Pinto and Rafael H. Villarreal, “Graph rings and ideals: Wolmer Vasconcelos' contributions”, arXiv:2305.06270 (2025).

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